Pet's Safety- Avoid these blunders

Food is essential to life, therefore, make it hygienic whether it is for you or your pet. Pet's diet should be closely watched and carefully provided to them. Any mistake in feeding, may lead to health problems and intestinal infections. All kinds of pet food are available in the local market and online for the pet owners. 

Pet's diet should be first discussed with the vet. Preferably, buy those pet food products that your vet has recommended.

Some of the feeding mistakes that should be highly avoided are:

·         Providing Unbalanced Diet

Vitamins, minerals, proteins are all essential for your pet's growth. Providing them in correct quantities helps the proper growth of your pet. Supplement of any one of these elements in abundance can cause imbalance in the pet's body, hampering their growth.

·         Over-treating

Loving your pet and showing affection towards them is appreciable. Most common gesture is to provide them with treats. But, over-treating your pet deteriorates their well-being.   

·         Pet-Friendly Food

It's a general psychology of people that human food can be fed to the pets. But awareness of the fact that most of the human edibles are poison to the pets is necessary. Although many fruits and vegetables are nutritious for your pet's health, avoid salt, pepper, avocado, grapes, onion, garlic. Try and provide boiled and minced eatables for easy digestion.  

·         Avoid Leftovers

Fresh food keeps the pets fit. Feeding your pet last night's food just not to throw it away is unhygienic and does not depict a good habit. Leftovers are not an option to feed your pets. It hampers with your pet's health and risk their lives. This food undergoes bacterial activity which doesn't suit the dog's health causing infections.

·         Interchanging Pet's Food

It is often observed that the pet owners think all the pet's food are similar. This misconception can cause serious damage to your pet's health. All the pets require a different type of diet, which also depends on their age and breed. If your pet is ill, consult a vet for the appropriate diet that they should be fed.

·         Over Feeding

It's the pet owner's duty to give proper quantity of food to the pet, neither less nor more. The pet bowls in which they are fed are not supposed to be full all day. If such things happen, your dog will become obese. Feeding your pet at fixed time intervals of time is suitable for their health.

·         Gastrointestinal Infections

If there has been frequent changes in a pet's diet or he has been given some different food to eat which the pet might be allergic to causes infection in the stomach. Symptoms that your pet might show are diarrhea and vomiting. Take your pet to the vet where proper diagnosis can be done followed by the treatment.

Feeding your pet with raw food should be first consulted by a vet and then carried out. Raw food has its own pros and cons.

Feed your pet with all the nourishing supplements that will enhance its growth. With the different breeds and the age factors, food quality and quantity differs.

Preventing basic blunders will guarantee your pet's health safety.